Tag Archives: Thurmond Dam

Ditch the rumors: No need to open spillway gates (yet)

Posted on February 11, 2020 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Despite rising water level at Hartwell and Russell reservoirs, enough storage area remains to delay opening the spillway gates – rumors notwithstanding. As of this post the water level at Lake Hartwell is 663.1 feet above mean sea level, almost … Continue reading →

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Permit fee increases suspended pending national review

Posted on October 28, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

SAVANNAH, Ga. – We are delaying the implementation of fee increases for shoreline permits in the South Atlantic region while Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, conducts a national review of the shoreline management program fees. The South Atlantic region will … Continue reading →

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The Spidermen of the Corps

Posted on September 20, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

An urgent call comes in. “I understand,” Bill Moeller says. “We’ll be right there.” Moeller and his team suit up and within minutes they’re rappelling down the face of a massive concrete structure hundreds of feet above the river. ——— … Continue reading →

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Luck is a matter of perspective

Posted on September 10, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

I’m not a betting man, but if I lived in the upper Savannah River Basin, I’d think Mother Nature was trying to tell me something.

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The tale of hydrilla and the golden grass-eating carp

Posted on August 15, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Once upon a time there was a terrible invasive weed-queen named Hydrilla who grew so fast she pushed out every other aquatic plant at J. Strom Thurmond Lake. With the help of her toxic underling, blue-green algae, the pair wreaked … Continue reading →

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Setting the stage

Posted on August 9, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Well, there’s one thing you can say about July’s rainfall: it wasn’t June, but it also wasn’t May, either. (Or is that two things?)

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3 died at Corps lakes over July 4th weekend

Posted on July 18, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Over the Independence Day weekend three fatalities at U.S. Army Corps of Engineers supervised lakes could have been prevented with a simple piece of equipment: a life jacket.

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June showers make up for May’s wilted flowers

Posted on June 16, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

You know that feeling when you take a sip of ice cold water and you can feel it go all the way down your esophagus? That was last week after the unbearably dry month of May. It was so dry … Continue reading →

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Thurmond: Set a course for full pool

Posted on June 11, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

After what feels like a decade in the making, contractors finished repairing the 23 seals on Thurmond’s gates last week. (Full exhale).

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Why Augusta’s river level shouldn’t determine Thurmond discharge

Posted on February 11, 2019 by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

(Editor’s Note: This post, written by Savannah District Deputy District Engineer Erik Blechinger, was published in the Augusta Chronicle Feb. 9.) Over the course of several public meetings and feedback on social media there appears to be misunderstanding over what … Continue reading →

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